Peonies, Édouard Manet Postcard

Peonies, Édouard Manet, Paris 1864-65. Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 35.2 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Édouard Manet (23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883), was a French painter. One of the first nineteenth century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.  His early masterworks The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia engendered great controversy, and served as rallying points for the young painters who would create Impressionism. Today these are considered watershed paintings that mark the genesis of modern art.  Vintage retro cute cool beautiful girly artistic original unique creative elegant fashion decor fine art still life floral painting.